diff --git a/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/default.py b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/default.py
index 130e5ec3b36517ffec2c81c89a4fec5dda950d8f..44a1c3162e3b95bc0e12900a18c52a635ca3587d 100644
--- a/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/default.py
+++ b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/default.py
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     },
 ]
 
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
+    "django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
+]
+
 AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'castellum_auth.User'
 
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
diff --git a/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/stage.py b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/stage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9b20f5aa06bccdaf26086bb97ee1121081a6b308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/stage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import ldap
+import os
+from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch
+
+from .default import *
+
+
+# FIXME: These values need to be changed
+SECRET_KEY = 'i#$kwk(s24ysn+l%+c!*z9u4+45)oex!-s#!bux#wf2pv2cc0d'
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
+    }
+}
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
+    'localhost',
+]
+
+# LDAP
+# See https://django-auth-ldap.readthedocs.io/
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS.append("django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend")
+
+AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = 'ldap://localhost'
+AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = 'cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org'
+AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = 'admin'
+AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH = LDAPSearch('dc=example,dc=org', ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, '(uid=%(user)s)')
diff --git a/castellum_core/setup.py b/castellum_core/setup.py
index b8cdd664779d9860dba3e43874516d83fb059030..982db66689c6d220f00b2ff338e9e7368f898326 100644
--- a/castellum_core/setup.py
+++ b/castellum_core/setup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ setup(
 
     install_requires=[
         "Django==2.0.4",
+        "django-auth-ldap==1.4.0",
         "django-bootstrap4==0.0.6",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..99ab7e8f05b54293129c8e4311e567b0f73d8e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: '2'
+
+services:
+  ldap:
+    container_name: ldap
+    image: osixia/openldap
+    ports:
+      - "389:389"
+    command: [--copy-service]
+    volumes:
+      - ./ldap/dummy_data.ldif:/container/service/slapd/assets/config/bootstrap/ldif/data.ldif
diff --git a/ldap/dummy_data.ldif b/ldap/dummy_data.ldif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..58c45645c104ab21cf3ff4201392d28cc0c36e07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldap/dummy_data.ldif
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+dn: cn=alice,dc=example,dc=org
+objectClass: person
+objectClass: organizationalPerson
+objectClass: inetOrgPerson
+objectClass: posixAccount
+cn: alice
+uid: alice
+userPassword: password
+uidNumber: 1000
+gidNumber: 1000
+givenName: Alice
+sn: Adams
+homeDirectory: /home/alice
+
+dn: cn=bob,dc=example,dc=org
+objectClass: person
+objectClass: organizationalPerson
+objectClass: inetOrgPerson
+objectClass: posixAccount
+cn: bob
+uid: bob
+userPassword: password
+uidNumber: 1001
+gidNumber: 50
+givenName: Robert
+sn: Barker
+homeDirectory: /home/bob
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0a977a42d51faa880602228b5d65dea178cf5c6c..6f0afe7fe2fa44db6f277a367f38b9969634a349 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ exclude=
     node_modules,
     wsgi.py,
     migrations,
+    settings,
 max-line-length=100